figment of the imagination

A powerful missile shield is now being created in response to this figment of the imagination.

Auf dieses Feindbild wird nun mit der Schaffung eines gewaltigen Raketenschildes reagiert.

But what she saw was no figment of the imagination; it was a demon which, unfortunately, is more alive now than ever before.

Leider sind die Gespenster heute lebendiger denn je.